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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2007
Jörg Breitenbach, Mannheim, DE;
Norbert Steiger, Lingenfeld, DE;
Harald Hach, Oberotterbach, DE;
Ulrich Westedt, Schriesheim, DE;
Martin Knobloch, Neuhofen, DE;
Ralf Altenburger, Eimeldingen, DE;
Nicoletta Loggia, Basel, CH;
Jörg Ogorka, Steinen, DE;
Jörg Breitenbach, Mannheim, DE;
Norbert Steiger, Lingenfeld, DE;
Harald Hach, Oberotterbach, DE;
Ulrich Westedt, Schriesheim, DE;
Martin Knobloch, Neuhofen, DE;
Ralf Altenburger, Eimeldingen, DE;
Nicoletta Loggia, Basel, CH;
Jörg Ogorka, Steinen, DE;
Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, DE;
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
The invention provides a dosage form, comprising a melt-processed mixture of (a) a pharmaceutically effective amount of imatinib or a salt thereof, (b) at least one polymeric binder, and (c) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable non-ionic surfactant. The invention provides imatinib dosage forms with high drug loading which can be prepared in a simple and efficient manner, imatinib dosage forms from which the active principle is released in an essentially pH-independent fashion, and extended release imatinib dosage forms.